USDA Announces Improvements to Organic Crop Insurance - National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
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This week, USDA Secretary Vilsack announced additional crop insurance options for organic farmers available in 2014. Earlier this year, USDA made progress on organic crop insurance options by removing the premium surcharge for organic producers and making other adjustments. In this week’s announcement, Vilsack discussed plans for releasing additional organic price elections as well as a contract price option for a number of crops.
USDA is evaluating all crops for the potential to establish...